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WEBSep 24, 2024 · By Meg McGuire | September 30, 2024. Tomorrow’s the big day. Oct. 1 is the date set by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection to shut down the Delaware Aqueduct for much needed repairs. The aqueduct, which supplies about 50 percent of New York City’s drinking water, is planned to come back on line after the repair is ...
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WEBSep 23, 2024 · About Us. Delaware Currents is a news project dedicated to telling the story of the Delaware River from its headwaters in the Catskill Mountains of New York to the Delaware Bay, where it meets the ocean. Delaware Currents seeks to host an intelligent conversation about the river's future, understanding that there is …
The beneficiaries of removing mill dams in Delaware River …
WEBFeb 19, 2024 · On a spring day more than 300 years ago, the people of the Lenape tribe gathered in their homeland along the Brandywine Creek in Delaware. Hundreds of fish had just begun to make their way from the Atlantic Ocean, up the Delaware River and into the Brandywine to spawn in the creek’s upstream headwaters in Pennsylvania.
Delaware River drownings: Persistent and preventable
WEBBy Meg McGuire | July 29, 2021. Here’s a terrifying prediction about drownings in the two National Park units on the Delaware River: According to the data: Our next victim will be a 27-year-old male from NJ. He will drown while swimming in the river without a lifejacket on a Saturday afternoon in July or August. It will happen between 3 and 6 pm.
Debuting on Wednesday: a flyover video of the entire Delaware …
WEBMay 31, 2024 · Editor’s note: This is a free newsletter that was sent to subscribers. To sign up for the newsletters, email us. I’m really proud to bring you a flyover video of the whole Delaware River. And, to blow my own horn, it’s here because I worked like a maniac on it!!
Dozens of projects awarded $17.3 million from Delaware …
WEB4 days ago · While the former residents of Thompson’s Beach gave up long ago on the effort to rebuild their homes, Alek “Capt. Al” Modjeski is hopeful that stabilizing some of the shoreline could help rebuild a coastal connection for neighboring communities along the New Jersey side of the Delaware Bay.
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Ta-DA! First big step in getting the Delaware River cleaner
WEBMay 12, 2022 · The compact that created the Delaware River Basin Commission 60-plus years ago was the beginning of finding solutions to that problem. The commission enacted regulations that required municipalities to treat their wastewater, but the regs back then focused on the biggest problem — which was carbon from our poop.
Childs Park to re-open today after six years for storm-related repairs
WEB5 days ago · Closed for six years to allow for nearly $3 million in storm-related repairs, George W. Childs Park in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is set to re-open today, once again making accessible its popular waterfalls, hiking trail and several observation areas. The park was ravaged by back-to …
A ‘sobering’ look at the effects of climate change on the Delaware ...
WEBJan 30, 2023 · Raymond Najjar is a professor of Oceanography in the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science at Pennsylvania State University. A ‘sobering’ look at the effects of climate change on the Delaware Estuary. “The challenges we are facing are really immense,” a keynote speaker on Monday warned. By Chris Mele | January 30, 2023.